Please help my horse

[Ozzie_Yarrah]

We have this horse that is out where i go riding and he is reaaly wierd i need help

he is lame but has been lame for the last year or so and we got the vet out and he could not see anything wrong with him You ride him and he is limbing just as much as when you started riding him and when you ride him down the hill he limbs alot and after you have gone down the hill he is back to the same normal limb that he does??????? Do you think it is in his head???.......

we ride him for about one hour each week on saturday please help is he faking it or is it real



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[Bebe]

You should really consider not riding him at all until you find out what the problem is. I don't believe that horses can fake lameness to the degree it sounds like your horse shows. I'd get another vet out and keep him/her looking until you find something, there must be a reason for him being lame.

[copper76]

I can understand your problem-I have something similar with my horse-I would suggest you have your horse nerve blocked and xrayed to find out what is wrong with him once and for all,that what I had to do and at least it gives you something to treat.I do think,however ,that horses CAN fake lameness,my horse limps sometimes when he sees his tack but if you ride him he is sound!!But as your horse is still lame when you ride him I would suggest you do get the vet to do tests on him.

[Miriam]

Only a suggestion. Have you had the horses back checked as I believe sometimes lameness can be a connection.

[jUmPingIsLifE]

have another...or even two other vets come out and look...have his teeth/back/legs/ everything checked...i have had a horse "fake" lammnes once...but not to bad...and it was kinda obvious to and it only lasted 5 minutes..........but this sounds like its A LOT more...i would also not ride until you find out what is going on...does he limp when just outside walking around? playing?

[Ozzie_Yarrah]

I have had the vets out they have done tests and nerve blocks and all that they said that there was nothing wrong with him and when he is out playing he is fine he just canters / gallop he does it all NO LIMB its just wierd and when we do ride him its not hard work its just troting and walking in the arena and when we go out he loves it bucks kicks u name it and we have had him ciropracter i dont know how to spell it but any way and he is still fine even after that he still limbs he does you check him all over and he is fine???????????



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